Welcome to Trek Medics

Who We Are: Trek Medics International is a 501c3-registered nonprofit organization dedicated to developing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in underserved countries. What We Do: Through training, consulting and the provision of donated EMS equipment, Trek Medics International aspires to partner with related groups and communities in order to improve their prehospital emergency medical...

Trek Projects

Check out a list of past projects in Mexico, Ecuador, and Mongolia, as well as our work in Haiti immediately after the Jan. 2010 earthquake.

And more to come from 2011...

EMS & Global Burden of Injuries

The rising incidence of preventable death and permanent disability resulting from road traffic injuries has been neglected for too long. Included here is a brief overview of the societal and financial impacts of road traffic injuries in developing countries, and the impact that low-cost/high-impact BLS prehospital systems can have in mitigating these problems.

The DIEMS Project

Database for International EMS Systems: Developed with the purpose of becoming the most comprehensive source for international EMS systems on the web, the DIEMS Project database was created to help inform our visitors of the many different EMS systems across the globe. We’ve spent countless hours researching and compiling this information, but we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface…

Updated Vitals

Improving the Quality of International EMS Development: The details involved in developing prehospital care systems can be as complex as the societies and cultures that need them. Nevertheless, we hope to use these posts to begin to address some of the larger themes and issues at work, and expect to add more as our experiences continue to broaden. Photo: David Piet ©2011; Cholera Transport - Haiti